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assured

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verb

past tense of assure

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of assured
Adjective
Streeting is an assured communicator with a base of support among parliamentary colleagues, but Burnham is considered the more likely successor. — ABC News, 18 June 2026 But now the western Canadian province, where the popular HBO drama The Last of Us was shot during its first season, is more assured foreign movie or TV series will tap its film tax credit while shooting locally as royalties from oil exploration and drilling once again pour into its coffers. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
Verb
Indeed, because the 100th anniversary special won’t be duplicated, like an annual awards program, or last for weeks, like a soccer tournament, advertisers likely feel assured their backing of the extravaganza will get noticed. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 Jordan called Hatfield and said Nike must have paid them to do this, but Hatfield assured him the decision was made entirely on their own, according to an interview from Sole Collector. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assured
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assured
Adjective
  • And why do men feel more confident in their looks than women?
    — TheWeek, TheWeek, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Chinese Communist Party is confident that its drug developers will have at least five blockbuster drugs by 2030.
    — STAT, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Aduba will play Allegra Miller, a proud New Yorker fighting developers to keep her home and change her life forever.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Docking the Akira One for the last time, Nathan feels proud that his team kept it together despite being on the edge of collapse literally the entire time.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Bobbie and DeForrest said they were reassured that the state's Department of Child Safety would find facilities to provide the care that had eluded them.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Shares of the company fell as much as 5% in premarket trading but pared back their losses as executives reassured investors on the company's earnings conference call.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Furthermore, by holding him back in this series, the Dodgers ensured that Yamamoto would get two starts in the National League Championship Series.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • So did their strong three-person alliance, which through strategic gameplay and season-long dominance ensured at least one of them would have a real shot at winning the game.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • More options means more styling potential, sure, but also more confusion.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Schlichter, like others, wasn’t sure where the two men had come from.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Here was my chance to get out of London, this counterfeit of death with its everywhere rage and its moribund culture and its smug population and its streets steeped in resentment and the sky pressing down like a chloroform rag.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Hilton vouches for their integrity, then quickly pivots into an attack on smug Democrats who take voters for granted.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Black is comforted by the fact that indie rock fans who hate the podcast could still enjoy themselves at the awards show.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In a 2017 People cover story, editor-at-large Liz McNeil wrote that Carolyn comforted the Radziwills by bringing soup from Anthony’s favorite NYC restaurant to the hospital.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fee’s survival will depend on many things, some of which remain in question at the book’s end; nothing about his future feels guaranteed.
    — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Despite his success, Smerud has not publicly been guaranteed anything beyond this season; officially, the team is still searching for a new manager.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Assured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assured. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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